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Resonance Magnetic Conversion of Photons Into Massless Axions and Striking Feature in Quasar Polarized Light

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The effect of massless Nambu-Goldstone bosons (massless axions) on the appearance of striking feature in QSO polarized light is suggested. This feature can be appeared in a result of resonance magnetic conversion of photons into massless axions. The resonance magnetic conversion can take place for mixture of electron plasma and neutral hydrogen gas into a magnetic field in the regions of Damped Ly-α systems. The QSOs with a noticeable Faraday rotation measures should be suitable targets for polarimetric observations.

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Gnedin, Y. Resonance Magnetic Conversion of Photons Into Massless Axions and Striking Feature in Quasar Polarized Light. Astrophysics and Space Science 249, 125–129 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000346913576

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